The Future Of Dentistry: The Future Of Dental Restorations

The future of dentistry is the end of the use of amalgam restorations. Amalgam restorations are believed to be the cause of many illnesses for dental professionals. Dental professionals are exposed daily to the harmful chemicals contained in the material that makes up amalgam, including mercury. With the advent of resin restorations and their more popular use, amalgam restorations will be a thing of the past, only read about in dental history books.
“92% of adults ages 20-64 have dental caries in their permanent teeth.” (nidcr.nih.gov) With the estimated 333,545,530 people in the United States in the year 2020 (worldometer.info), if 92% had just one tooth with caries that would be 306,861,887.6 restorations. In 2013 there were 195,202 practicing

This practice led to dental professionals having an extremely high exposure to chemicals, including mercury. Prior to the late 1980’s, practicing dentistry without personal protective equipment (PPE) for example: masks, gloves, and eye protection, was considered clinically acceptable. In the late 1980’s with the epidemic of HIV/AIDS, dental professionals began using PPE, specifically gloves. The exposure to amalgam decreased, but is still prevalent in dentistry

To walk into a room and have your own mother or grandmother whom for your whole life adored you, sent you cards for every holiday, spent time at every sporting event, was completely invested in your life. To have this same woman look you in the eyes and see a complete stranger, to see the person you love slowly dying from the inside out. The body still working but having zero recollection of who she is even. To eliminate a factor that could cause this would be life changing for so